#BBB23E#BBB23E

#BBB23E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.135 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB23E
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 62)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 66.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, -10.66, 57.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 58.93, 100.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% -0.0346 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.135 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.2849, 42.7548, 10.8450)
Luminance	0.4275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB23E #3E47BB

analogous

#BB743E #BBB23E #86BB3E

triadic

#BBB23E #3EBBB2 #B23EBB

tetradic

#BBB23E #3EBB74 #3E47BB #BB3E86

square

#BBB23E #3EBB74 #3E47BB #BB3E86

split-complementary

#BBB23E #3E86BB #743EBB

monochromatic

#5F5B20 #8D862F #BBB23E #CDC669 #DCD797

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BBB23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#BBB23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB23E

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB23E	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.135 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c87a',
    500: '#bbb23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb23e;
$custom-light: #d3c87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.68,
    "s": 50.201,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74969,
    "c": 0.13485,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB23E

secondary

#8D91C8

accent

#58DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB23E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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